Day 4. The last day!

Well, yesterdays lunch came back to bite me. I had an upset stomach and felt really rough but it went off by lunchtime. I couldn't eat anything so I just had tea and biscuits. It must have done me good as I felt back to normal at midday. 

The ward rounds only take place in the afternoon on a Monday so even though I could go home I had to wait for my prescription. A nurse came to do my obs and unfortunately my temperature was up to 38! This means more bloods and swabs needed to be taken. I became very uneasy at the thought of not going home tonight. 

Eventually the tests came back fine, the specialist was quite happy for me to go home so I just sat and waited - and waited - and waited! I felt as though I was going stir crazy and had still not had anything to eat. All I could think of was opening a tin of Heinz spaghetti, something I rarely eat!  

Out of the four days in hospital this was by far the worse. At least on the other days I knew what was happening. 

I left the ward at 8.20pm and went home. I had my spaghetti, fussed the dog and went to bed. 

My next session is on March 1st. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The transfusion

On the Wednesday I want in for the transfusion. I have never had one before so I had to be seen by a doctor, who would explain the procedure and the risks.  He was very good and even gave me a leaflet to read. I was impressed with their thoroughness.  The transfusion only took half an hour but I had to wait an extra fifteen minutes to ensure I didn't have a reaction. I didn't so that was me down and I went home.  I must say that I felt better straight away. I hadn't realised how tired I had felt!
Read more

More bites!

We went to Belgium to take part in a memorial ceremony for a Lancaster bomber crew, whose plane crashed on July 14th 1943. It was the 75th anniversary and, as I had been invited to the 70th, I was delighted to be asked again. The only thing was, I got bitten to death on my arms! I had that many dressings that I looked as though I'd been in a car crash! I can only say thank goodness for my kit, I just had enough dressings to keep me going until I got home. My appointment was due on July 20th and I was dreading it, as I was back on steroids and antibiotics again. If anyone's interested, there is a web site telling the incredible story of the Lancaster bomber, it's so good it could be made into a film! www.lancaster-ds690.com
Read more

After effects

Once I got home I decided to rest for a day or two, to see what would happen, if anything.  Two days later I began to have itchy skin, so I self medicated with my prescription anti histamine and it soon stopped. Three days later I started my usual injections, to increase my white blood cells. They finished the following Monday, exactly a week after I had left hospital. These were given to me by my nurse friend, who thought I looked pale.  The revious day, when I had got dressed, I had noticed tiny blood spots on my chest. There weren't many, but when I checked, I found that they were a side effect of cytarabine. I was glad I was going for a blood test the next day. 
Read more